Mexico: Ex-Governor Charged

The former governor of the northeast Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, Eugenio Hernández Flores, has been indicted on money-laundering charges inSouth Texas, prosecutors said Friday. The charges stem from allegations by United States law enforcement agencies that Mr. Hernández had received bribes from the Zetas drug gang to allow it to operate freely in Tamaulipas while he was governor from 2005 to 2010. Mr. Hernández, 57, is a fugitive but he called in to a Mexican radio show on Friday to declare his innocence. The governor preceding him, Tomás Yarrington, also faces money-laundering and drug-trafficking charges. He, too, remains a fugitive.

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